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Overview

The openstack server command group manages the full lifecycle of compute instances. Commands cover instance creation, power operations, resize, migration, console access, keypair management, and security group assignment.
Prerequisites
  • CLI installed and authenticated — see CLI Setup
  • Project membership with appropriate role (Member for user operations, Admin for host-level ops)

Instances

List and Inspect

Create

Power Operations

Resize and Migrate

Snapshots and Backups

Delete

Delete instance
Delete multiple instances

Keypairs


Flavors


Console Access


Server Groups (Anti-Affinity)


Common Options


Next Steps

Launch Instance Guide

Step-by-step walkthrough for launching your first instance

Block Storage CLI

Volume create, attach, and snapshot commands